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Focal Points in Gouache 

💥 Command the viewer’s eye and anchor your compositions. In this 3+ hour demo, Brandon Gonzales explores how to design and layer focal points across four distinct gouache scenes—teaching you how to build visual emphasis without forcing it. 

You’ll learn how to:
🎯 Intentionally layer paint to shape focal strength
🌄 Design focal hierarchy across different scene types
🤲 Balance foreground, midground, and background cues to support your focal point
🔍 Gain a deeper, more confident understanding of how gouache behaves in layered compositions

Ideal for intermediate or advanced gouache painters who want to bring more clarity, control, and dynamism to their work. Runtime: 3+ hours

  • Brandon Gonzales

    Instructor

  • Advanced

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Brandon Gonzales

After graduating from Art Center College of Design, Brandon has spent 10 years working as a matte painter and concept artist in the entertainment industry. His unique artistic background has helped him develop a sharp eye for detail, evident in his expressive brush strokes and the accurate, yet stunning colors of his more recent traditional paintings. His years working as a matte painter has nurtured an uncommon ability to see complexities and nuances around him. This ability coupled with his painterly style results in an uncommon freshness and energy. 

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